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Polyomavirus JCV excretion and genotype analysis in HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy.
AIDS (London, England) - 11 Apr 2003
Lednicky John A, Vilchez Regis A, Keitel Wendy A, Visnegarwala Fehmida, White Zoe S, Kozinetz Claudia A, Lewis Dorothy E, Butel Janet S
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of shedding of polyomavirus JC virus (JCV) genotypes in urine of HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). METHODS: Single samples of urine and blood were collected prospectively from 70 adult HIV-infected patients and 68 uninfected volunteers. Inclusion criteria for HIV-infected patients included an HIV RNA viral load < 1000 copies, CD4 cell...
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